Deputies search for Santa Fe woman missing since Friday

Ashley Collard, 21, left her family's home angry on Friday, Jan. 4. She has no clothes or food and her family is concerned because she has the mental capacity of an 8-year-old.

Ashley Collard, 21, left her family's home angry on Friday, Jan. 4. She has no clothes or food and her family is concerned because she has the mental capacity of an 8-year-old.

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Ashley Collard, 21, left her family's home angry on Friday, Jan. 4. She has no clothes or food and her family is concerned because she has the mental capacity of an 8-year-old.

Ashley Collard, 21, left her family's home angry on Friday, Jan. 4. She has no clothes or food and her family is concerned because she has the mental capacity of an 8-year-old.

Photo: Galveston County Sheriff's Offic

Deputies search for Santa Fe woman missing since Friday

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Galveston County Sheriff's deputies are conducting a broad search for a 21-year-old Santa Fe woman who has been missing since Friday.

Investigators have no new leads in the search for Ashley Collard, who walked away her family's home in the 6000 block of Casey apparently angry on Friday evening. Her family is concerned because she has seizure disorders, has the mental capacity of an 8-year-old child and has not had any of her necessary medications since Thursday.

Major Ray Tuttoilmondo, with the sheriff's office, said deputies are searching a broad area in the south side of Santa Fe. Collard's cell phone was found in a ditch, but investigators have not identified any new leads to determine her whereabouts.

Collard is described as a white female, 5 feet tall, 140 to 145 pounds, with light brown to blonde hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a black, hooded coat with fur trim on the hood, a dark blue "hoodie" sweatshirt, black Capri-style pants, and zebra print "flip flop" sandal-style shoes. She has a chipped left front tooth, and had her fingernails painted dark blue. She was carrying a dark brown western-style purse and took her black and white Shih Tzu puppy with her. She did not take any other clothing or food when she left her home.

Anyone with information on Collard's whereabouts is urged to contact the Galveston County Sheriff's Office at (866) 248-8477 or (409) 766-2322.